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P. H. MELLON.

SPRING BED.

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P. H. M ELLON. SPRING BED.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

PETER H. MELLON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPRING-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part.- of Letters Patent No. 331,523, dated December 1,1885. Applicationfiled June 30, 1884. Serial No. 136,364. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER H. MELLON, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spring-Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

As heretofore constructed, the tie-rods for ordinary forms of spiral or coil springs have been made in pairs, with interlocked V-shaped loops, alternate opposite loops being bent to form hooks to engage adjacent rows of springs; or the springs on their upper rings to engage adjacent upper rings on other springs having single tie-rods passed through them, the rods being formed with short loops engaging through their rings over the hooks; or adjacent rows of springs having connected hooks have been braced together by single tie-rods having hooked loops projecting from opposite sides.

My invention relates to an improvement in tie or connecting rods adapted to secure together adjacent rows of springs of common form by the use of a single tie or connecting ro To this end my improvement consists in a tie or connecting rod running the whole length or breadth of the bed, whose ends are made fast to the frame, and which has straight portions between the springs and V-shaped loops formed with hooked portions, the loops being passed through the upper rings of one row of springs, and their hooks engaging the upper rings of an adjacent row of springs, as hereinafter described.

My invention consists, further, in combining such rods with frames having joints at the corners, as hereinafter described.

My form of rod will be seen to obviate the necessity of forming hooks on the springs to engage the loops, and is adapted for use with beds already in use having the common form of spring.

Figure l is a top view of the bed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in perspective showing one corner of a bed of the improved construction. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the connecting-rod.

There are two rectangular frames, that are shown as composed each of two side bars, A,

have been formed with hooks.

and two end bars, B, connected at the four corners by simple interlocking eyes at 0, made by bending the rodsor bars A and B. This manner of connecting the corners is not an essential feature of the invention, as the corners may be made by simply bending the bar, or in any other suitable way. The two rectangular frames are held in a position parallel with each other by connection to the doubleconical springs D. No novelty is claimed for these springs per 86. They are made with a closed ring, d, at each end, the whole spring being made from a single piece of wire, as usual.

The connecting-rods E, which form the es sential feature of the invention, are shown extending longitudinally of the bed from one end bar B to the other, and they will be so described; but they may extend transversely from side to side. The rods are bent around the end bars at their ends e. At each spring D the rod E is bent into a V-formed loop, 6, which extends through the ring (I of one spring, and engages an adjacent spring by means of a hook, 6 into which the end of the loop is bent, and which takes hold of the ring d of the spring. Straight portions 6 parallel with the rows of springs, are thus left between each loop. The hooks e of the outside rod, E, upon each side of the bed take hold of the side bars, A.

It will be seen that by leaving one-half of the eyes 0 open in manufacture the corners 0 may be secured by locking the closed and open eyes together and closing the open eye by the blow of a hammer. The connecting-rods E are easily put into position and connected to the springs and bars, as shown. For these reasons the parts may be packed for' shipment in a detached condition, and be put together by any person of ordinary intelligence. In this way a great saving may be made in freight. The loops 0 form triangular braces between the springs, having each two points of bearing on one spring and one on another. For this reason the loose cornerjoints at G are of no disadvantage, because the bracing-loops prevent the fleXure of the corner-joints. Thus these parts form a useful combination.

The hooks 6 may be either turned upward or downward.

I claim-- 1. The combination, with the springs of a spring-bed, of the connecting-rods having V- formed loops extending through the end ring of one spring, and connected to the end ring of an adjacent spring by a hook formed by bending the end of the loop, substantially as set forth. 7

2. The combination of rectangular Wire or bar-iron frame, connecting-rods extending the length or breadth of the frame, and attached at the ends to the frame, and having Vformed loopswith the end bent to form a hook, and wire springs connected together by their end rings and to the frame by the brace-rods, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of frame A B, connected by eye joints at the corners, the wire springs D, and connecting-rods with V-formed loops passing through the end ring of a spring, and bent into a hook engaging the end ring of an adjacent spring.

4. Aspring-bed having connecting rods running from end to end or side to side, and having loops 0 6", serving to connect spring to spring by their end rings, and the springs to the side or end bars, as the case may be.

5. A connecting-rod, E, for bed-springs, formed with straight portions 6 and V-shaped loops 6 between the straight portions, having their outer ends bent into hooks e", substantially as described.

6. The combination of upper and lower side 7 and end bars, double-conical springs having closed rings at each end, and connecting-rods having eyes at each end engaging the frame, straight portions between the coils, and V- shaped loops extending through one row of .springs, having their outer ends bent into hooks engaging the adjacent row of springs.

7. The combination of upper and lower side and end bars having interlocking eyes, doubleconical springs having closed rings at each end, and connecting-rods having eyes at each end engaging the frame, straight portions between the coils, and V-shaped loops extending through one row of springs, having their outer ends bent into hooks engaging the adjacent row of springs.

PETER H. M ELLON.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, J osnrn WAHLE. 

